Principles of group solidarity / Michael Hechter.
Social scientists have long recognized that solidarity is essential for such phenomena as social order, class, and ethnic consciousness, and the provision of collective goods. In presenting a new general theory of group solidarity, Michael Hechter here contends that it is indeed possible to build a...
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1988.
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| Series: | California series on social choice and political economy ;
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; I. Introduction; II. The Problem; III. A Theory of Group Solidarity; IV. The Necessity of Formal Controls; V. Dependence and Party Solidarity; VI. The Production of Formal Controls; VII. The Limits of Compensation in Capitalist Firms; VIII. Economizing on Control Costs in Intentional Communities; IX. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.